Ministry of Women and Child Development
Child Security in Cyber Space
As per National Crime Record Bureau  Head-wise cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons convicted under Cyber Crime against Children  during 2018-2020 is Annexure-I.
 Section 67B of the Information Technology  Act, 2000 provides stringent punishment for publishing, transmitting or viewing child sexual abuse material online.
 The Information Technology  Rules, 2021 empower the users of Intermediaries and makes the social media platforms accountable for their safety. The Rules require the intermediaries to adopt a robust grievance redressal mechanism including time-bound disposal of grievances. The Intermediaries need to convey their terms and conditions which must include communication to users not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that is inter alia harmful, defamatory, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, harm minors in any way or are otherwise unlawful. Intermediaries are also expected to remove any information violative of any law in India as and when brought to their knowledge either through a court order or through a notice by an appropriate government or its authorised agency. The Rules also require Significant Social Media Intermediary  to endeavour to deploy technology based measures to proactively identify child sexual abuse material.
 Government periodically blocks the websites containing extreme child sexual abuse material  based on INTERPOL’s “worst of list” received through Central Bureau of Investigation , the national nodal agency for Interpol in India.
 Government has issued an order to concerned Internet Service Providers  ordering them to implement Internet Watch Foundation , UK or Project Arachnid, Canada list of CSAM websites/webpages on a dynamic basis and block access to such child pornography webpages/websites.
 Meity through a program, namely, Information Security Education & Awareness , has been creating awareness among users including women and children highlighting the importance of digital safety while using Internet. A dedicated website for information security awareness  provides relevant awareness material. : The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides a legal framework for addressing all types of prevailing cyber crimes as reported in the country.
 Further, Section-14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence  Act provides Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes. As per section-14:
 Whoever uses a child or children for pornographic purposes shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years and shall also be liable to fine, and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years and also be liable to fine.
 Whoever using a child or children for pornographic purposes under sub-section , commits an offence referred to in section 3 or section 5 or section 7 or section 9 by directly participating in such pornographic acts, shall be punished for the said offences also under section 4, section 6, section 8 and section 10, respectively, in addition to the punishment provided in sub-section .".
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.